X-Men: Days of Future Past

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Dinklage Not the Villain in X-Sequel

Peter Dinklage recently had a brief interview with Entertainment Weekly on his part in X-Men Days of Future Past. Dinklage does not see himself as the villain in the film however. “I didn’t want to play the villain,” Dinklage told EW. “He’s a man of science. He’s a man of invention. He actually sees what he’s doing as a good thing — [his ambition is] definitely blind and he’s quite arrogant. He’s strove all his life for a certain respect and attention.”

This is great to hear because all the best villains believe in what they are doing and never see themselves as the bad guy. Dinklage plays Bolivar Trask (pictured below) and is the founder of Trask Industries. Trask Industries specializes in “genetics-based defense technology with our Mutant Detection Device and Sentinel program.”

Plot Concept:The film is based on the comic book storyline "Days of Future Past," which ran in Uncanny X-Men #141 and 142 back in 1981 during Chris Claremont and John Byrne's run and introduced the idea of an alternate future for Marvel's mutants that grew out of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants killing an important senator, leading to a future where all mutants are hunted by Sentinels.

I found Dinklage's comments interesting. It's not just leaders and politicians who subscribe to that view, but everyday people. I'm the type of guy that makes note of that. That arrogance is actually a common plague of society. "Do you. Screw everyone else." Then to ease our conscience, we compartmentalize that so we can fit in aspects of "good-deed-doing."

There is a definite right and wrong. It goes beyond society's ideals. There is a standard. That standard is made available if folks would open their hearts to it. God has a standard and it can't be fudged. I know because I've tried.